Man’s death ruled homicide from pellet-gun wound

LYNNWOOD — A man found slain near Lynnwood on Sunday died from a pellet fired by a powerful air rifle into his chest, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The death of Dean E. Urness, 52, of Edmonds, was ruled a homicide.

Snohomish County sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit detectives are investigating.

Two people were arrested Sunday in connection with the death. Police believe the shooter was a 32-year-old Lynnwood-area woman. She was being held on $250,000 bail for investigation of second-degree murder.

Police believe a number of people got into an altercation outside the woman’s home along Damson Road before Urness was shot about 1:30 a.m. Sunday.